Jim Fitzpatrick

Jim Fitzpatrick (4 April 1952-) was the Labour Party MP for Poplar and Limehouse from 1 May 1997 to 6 November 2019, preceding Apsana Begum.

Biography
Jim Fitzpatrick was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 4 April 1952, and he worked in the fire service before joining the Labour Party. He served in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2019 as MP for Poplar and Limehouse, and he was Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2002 to 2003, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2003 to 2005, Minister for London from 2005 to 2007, Under-Secretary of State for Transport from 2007 to 2009, and Minister of State for Farming and the Environment from 2009 to 2010. He stood down at the 2019 general election.